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sPErFrcA'rroN forming part 'of Letters Patent No. 287,734, dated-october3o, `1ers.v

Appiication sled July-18,1853. (No modem,

To all whom it may con/cern:A

Beit known that I, WILLIS D. SL'AUsoN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ita-- cine, in the county ofRacine and State of v Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefnlImprovements in Cotton and Hay Presses,

. end, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects I attain bythe means illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lrepresents'a side 4elevation of my improved press; Fig. 2, alongitudinal vertical section thereof; Fig. 3,a horizontal section onthe line :v of Fig. l; Fig. 4, a plan view ofthe press; Fig. 5, atransverse vertical section on the line y y of Fig. 1; Fig. 6, avertical section on the line z z of Fig. 1; Fig.V

'.7, a detached detail view of a portion of the operating mechanism oftherpress; Fig. 8, a detached perspective view, of the lfollower; Fig.9, a detached perspective view of. the pitman which moves the follower;Fig. 10, a detached top view, showing the pulleys around which the chainof the packing device passes; Fig. 11, a detached perspective view ofthe lever which operates thev chain; Fig. 12, a detached perspectiveview of one of the trips, by

means of which the mechanism is dropped to.

operate the packing device; Fig. 13, a detached view of one of the pawlsoperating in conjunction with the trips to drop the packing device; Fig.14, a modification of the pitman, and'Fig. 15 a perspective view of aguide employed for inserting the binding-wires.

The letter A'indicates the base of the press, which is mounted uponwheels, so that it may be readily transported from place to place.

B indicates the packing-chamber, which is located about midway betweenthe ends of the press, and C the press-box, which is located at the rearof the packing-chamber, forming a continuation of the same.

The letter D indicates `a platform, located above and parallel with thebase of the press, on a level with the top of the press-box. The

Vpacking-chamber extends to the top of the press, and within itishinged, at E, a packer, F, to the upper side of which is pivoted one endof a toggle-joint lever, G, which is fulcrumed between two standards, H,secured to the platform'above mentioned. The packer,

as well as the toggle-lever, is weighted, as inv dicated by the letterH, for the purpose hereinthe actuating-leverv M, which is fulcrumed in'bearings in the base and platform at one end of the press.

In order to relieve the connection of the pitman with the follower ofundue strain, the follower, at its end, is -provided with cam-plates M',against which are adapted to work the `rollers N, journaled between thepitman and brackets 1) secured thereto. the lever yhas swiveled to itsend a single- The long arm of tree, to which draft-animals may behitched l to operaterthe lever. The upper journal or yfulcrum-pin of thelever extends up aboveits bearing, and to'it is loosely secured theslotted end of a lever, S, which has secured to it a slotted plate, T,which'is provided with lat-- eral arms U on opposite sideswhich comealternately into contact with the stops V, for the purpose more fullyhereinafter specified. The lever S, at its ends, is provided withantifriction rollers WV X, the lower one of which bears against a curvedguideway, Y, attached to the platform, the upper one being so arrangedas to be engaged by the end of a flatv metallic bar, Z, secured to theactuating-lever .nected b means of'. wires E' or otherwise with thepawls F', which are secured in slots G in rco,

said beams serving as stops for the actuatingv lever.

The forward end of the plunger or follower is provided with lateralgrooves L', beveled from the front rearwardly, which work in line withaseries of spring-actuated pawls, M2,

pivoted in slots N in the sides of the press,

the said pawls serving to hold the bale when the plunger recedes, aswill be more fully hereinafter explained. The top of the press-box ishinged at P', so that it may be inclined, to compress the bale at therear as it is Ypressed into the bale-box. At the rear of the press islocated a chamber, l, the iioor of which inclines toward opposite sidesfrom the center, the sides being open, as shown. The said chamber isprovided with a movable guide, R2, which may be affixed at either sidein such manner as to discharge the pressed and bound bale at eitherside, as may be desired. The

press-box is formed with longitudinal slots S' at each side, throughwhich may be passed the metallic guides T for the band-wires, the guidesbeing so constructed that the wires may be passed through them and boundaround the bale, and carried with the bale until it is discharged, whenthey may be removed. Upon the top of the frame is aplatform, T2, havingan opening at the front over the packing-chamber, through whichtoggle-lever is adapted to work, and through which the material may befed to the packing-chamber.

Y The operation of my invention will be understood in connection withthe above description, and is as follows: The material is fed into thepacking-chamber, while the packer is up, by an attendant stationed onthe upper platform, the actuating-lever being shifted fully to one side.Vhen the said chamber is properly charged, the lever is moved by thedraft-animals in the are of a circle, causing the brackets to move thetrips, so as to release the toggle-lever and permit the packer to dropon the material. This it does by reason of the weights, and, as thetoggle-lever straightens out, prevents the packer from being kmovedupward from pressure within the packing-chamber. As the actuating-leveris carried forward the pitman forces the follower or plunger toward thepress-box, forcing the material in the press box, and during itsmovement the metallic strip attached to the` actuating-lever engages theupper roller of the lever, so as to operate the toggle-lever to raisethe packer. The beveled grooves at the forward end of the follower orplunger press outward the pawls secured at the forward end of thepress-box, 'so as to permit the material to be forced into the same; butupon receding the pawls fall back into normal position, and prevent thepressed material from springing back by its elasticity into thepackingchamber. During the pressing the guides are inserted transverselythrough the press-box, and the binding-wires are passed through the sameand tied, and the guides are carried with the banded bale to the rear ofthe press, when they may be removed and held ready for further use.

A most important feature of my invention lies in the relativearrangement of the actuating-lever, the pitman, and the follower, andthe mechanism for operating the toggle-lever, by ineaiis of which alltendency of the actuating-lever to be moved by the back-pressure of thecompressed bale is obviated, as at the time when such pressure wouldoccur the actuating-lever is just beginning to act, to operate thetoggle-lever, which gives it sufficient work to overcome the pressure ofany back action of the follower.

Iii some instances the cam-'plates on the follower may be omitted, aswell as the rollers on the pitman, and a plain pitman may be employed,as indicated in Fig. 14 of the drawings. The chain A travels around thehoriontal pulley R and the pulleys S2, as indicated in detail in Fig.1() of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, isv 1. The combination, with the packing-chamber, ofthe follower and the slotted lever, and connecting-bar, by which it isactuated, the friction-rollers secured to the said bar, and the ycurvedplate secured to the follower, against which said rollers bear, thewhole arranged to operate substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the packer and toggle lever, weighted asdescribed, of the connecting chain, the slotted lever havinganti-friction-rolle'rs, and a slotted plate having arms adapted to workagainst stops on ca'ch side, and the flat bar secured to theactuatinglever, the whole arranged to operate substantially as specied.

3. The combination, with the toggle-lever and the slotted lever, andplate having arms adapted to work against stops, as described, of thetrips and pawls suitably connected, and the brackets on theactuating-lever adapted to operate the trips, so as to permit the packerto drop at the proper time, substantially a-s and for the purpose setforth.

4. rlhe combination of the follower provided at its rear withcam-plates, and the pitman provided with friction-rollers, adapted towork agalinst said cam-plates, substantially as specifie v 5. Thecombination, withthe press-box, of the chamber at the rear having abottom inclining to each side, and a movable guide,

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whereby the bales may be discharged at either ure of the hay ispreventedfrom moving the side7 substantially as specified. Y' actuating-lever toeither side, substantially as 6. The combination of the actuating-lever,and for the purpose specied. pitman, and follower, of the slotted leverand In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5 plate, the stopsagainstwhich the plate Works, in presence of'two Witnesses.

the plate secured to the alternating lever and the chain andktoggle-lever, the Whole sc?) ar- WILLIS D' SLAUSON ranged that theslotted lever will begin to op- Vtnesses:

erate as the actuating-lever and pitman are CEAS. D. DAVIS, Io about tocome in line7 Wherebythe back-press 1 H. J. ENNIS.

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